Electoral Board Vacancy Filled

August 24, 2007|By SETH FREEDLAND Daily Press

WILLIAMSBURG — The Williamsburg Electoral Board has filled the vacancy left when one of its members resigned for reasons still publicly unknown. Months ago, Marilyn McGinty tendered her resignation from the three-member panel but declined to state why. Her resignation went into effect in July, and on Thursday, Electoral Board Secretary Christine Faia announced McGinty's replacement.

Douglas S. Wood -- a Virginia assistant attorney general in the early 1970s who later worked at the U.S. Justice Department -- will fill McGinty's term, which expires in 2009. Now a retiree in Williamsburg, Wood is president of the local chapter of the College of William and Mary's alumni society. He earned undergraduate and law degrees at the university.

In April, the board put former Registrar David Andrews on administrative leave until his term ended June 30. Winifred Sowder was appointed to replace Andrews, starting July 1.